Lee, of Rowan,NC

His name is uncertain and parents unknown, died summer 1759 in Rowan County, North Carolina, killed by the Indians.

family

From http://www.angelfire.com/wi2/theclawsons/williamjones/wmjg02.htm

6. Jane JONES (William ) was born about 1738 in North Carolina.

She married

• (1) James LEE. James was born in 1734 in Virginia.
• (2) Nicholas "Closs" THOMPSON Sr. on 17 Oct 1759 in ,Rowan,North Carolina. Nicholas was born about 1735 in Pennsylvania. He died about 1800.

Children of Jane Jones and James Lee

• James LEE II was born in 1760. He died in 1817.James married Mary Elizabeth JONES about 1784 in ,,Kentucky. Mary was born about 1762 in ,,Virginia. She died in ,Vigo,Indiana. She was buried in Prairie Creek,Vigo,Indiana.
• Nancy LEE was born about 1762 in ,,Virginia. Nancy married Bethuel RIGGS about 1778.

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biography

From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emerson%2...

James father's name is unknown, BUT this much is known about him: 1758 Unknown Lee ma rried Jane Jones prob in VA. They moved to Rowan Co NC. In 1759 dau Nancy was born, and Jane became pregnant shortly thereafter. The unknown Lee was killed by Indians in late summer. In Oct 1759, Widow Jane Lee married Closs Thompson, a close friend of Daniel Boone, who signed the marriage bond. The Cherokee were so fierce that shortly after the wedding, the Thompson-Lee, and Boone families moved to Culpepper Co VA for a year. Jane Lee-Thompson's child was born, James Lee Sr. The family moved back to Rowan Co Nc and settled on 564 acre land grant from Lord Granville on the south Yadkin River. James Lee, Sr later moved to Va c Dec 1783, then to KY shortly he moved to Vigo Co IN and was minister to the town of Prairie Creek.

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